Roma kinship by marriage and by sponsorship (fieldwork data collected during expeditions examining several Roma groups in Central and Northern Bulgaria) Cover Image

Родство по сватовство и по кумство при циганите (по данни от теренни проучвания сред няколко цигански групи в Централна Северна България)
Roma kinship by marriage and by sponsorship (fieldwork data collected during expeditions examining several Roma groups in Central and Northern Bulgaria)

Author(s): Zdravko Zdravkov
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, History of Law, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Gender history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Roma; kinship; marriage; godfather and godmother; in-laws.

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the ritual kinship of several Roma groups in Central and Northern Bulgaria. The author presents differences and similarities between groups and social structures, with a special focus on the changes caused by marriage (the role of godfathers and godmothers, bilateral networks, etc.).

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 132-143
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian